Word: joliet
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Administrators of some four-year liberal arts colleges are also moving to prepare students better for the world of work. The College of St. Francis in Joliet, Ill., which once specialized in training teachers, has revamped its curriculum to grant degrees in nuclear medical technology and business administration. John Shingleton, placement director at Michigan State and an early critic of "impractical" education, has instituted an "executive in residence" program that brings General Motors managers to live on campus for a week with liberal-arts majors and impart to them a feeling for the "real world." Boston's Northeastern University...
Later the couple flew to Chicago, where the Emperor raised a toast to Mayor Richard J. Daley (for his "remarkable achievements" in government) and, on a side trip, inspected a 2,500-acre corn and soybean farm near Joliet...
...Harvard Lampoon has announced its officers for 1973. They are James M. Downey '74, of Adams House and Joliet, Ill., president; Lawrence J. Siskind '74, of Lowell House and Marblehead, Ibis; Christopher L. Kyllonen '74, of Quincy House and Hanover, N.H., Narthex; Thomas R. Feran '75, of Kirkland House and Mayfield Heights, Ohio, Sanctum...
...sultry weekend, David Barr, 24, of Joliet, Ill., headed for Crab Orchard Lake in the southern part of the state. In his impatience to escape the heat, Barr dived right in without first testing the depth of the water, plummeted to the bottom and broke his neck...
...have the cash, not too many people have the time; among the few who do are men who happen to be in prison. So three years ago, Ira Distenfield, a 26-year-old stockbroker who has studied criminology, began teaching investment courses to inmates of the Stateville Prison in Joliet, Ill., and Chicago's Cook County Jail. Since then, Distenfield has become the convicts' Pied Piper of legitimate gain. Inmates and prison officials at 23 institutions around the country, including such fortresses as San Quentin, have asked Distenfield to teach similar courses about the stock market...